Duffer brothers are ready for still more of Netflix's 'Stranger Things'

BEVERLY HILLS — Things may get even Stranger.

It’s no secret that Netflix renews almost everything — and that a renewal for its currently running fantasy series Stranger Things, while not yet official, certainly seems likely. Which is fine with creators Matt and Ross Duffer, who say they purposely left some dangling threads that they could follow into a second season.

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“There’s a bigger mythology behind what happened,” Matt Duffer said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.  Should the show go on, they’ll be ready to explore them. But Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said he's not ready to renew the series just yet, even though three others got greenlights Wednesday: "We always want to take some time to be thoughtful about the process."

They'll also be ready to explain most of that mythology, from the monster that abducts a young boy to the little girl with super psychic powers, if they need to. But even though they have answers, says Ross Duffer, that doesn't necessarily mean you'll be given all of them. “It’s about giving enough that the audience feels satisfied. But it is other-worldly and weird.”

There is, however, one possible problem with going forward, particularly if Netflix takes its time: Many of the show’s stars are little kids. “I have this nightmare that one of our kids has sprouted two feet and I won’t know what to do,” says Matt Duffer. “It’s terrifying.”

Children, however, are not the only stars of Stranger Things. It also features a much-praised performance by  Winona Ryder as the mother of the young boy who is abducted by a creature from another dimension. "It was something I’d never done. It was a role I’ve never done, a genre I’ve never done…There was nothing cookie cutter and perfect about her.”

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Ryder says she's gratified by the praise and attention, and wants her young co-stars to enjoy it while it lasts. Still, if she had any advice to offer them, it would be this: "The work is the reward. ...Try to have that be your mantra. Life is short and you want to enjoy what you do, and we really truly did.”